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?MB. SMOKE WARNS NEW COUN
TYITES OF PITFALLS.
St Matthews, S C,
August 8. 1909. i
Mr C W Wolfe,
Kingstree, S C.
jF, Dear Sir:?Your letter duly
> received, and would have been
replied to earlier, but for press
of business..
L I I wish it understood that 1 am
r a new county advocate and have
always been, but will point out
some of the pitfalls into which
I our county has fallen, in order
that your people may profit by
our experience and mistakes and
not be too easily misled by rash 1
jf . campaign promises, the result
of which may be to repent at1
f leisure.
I? During our new county cam- j
^ paign when the issue was in the i
balances, the citizens of St Mat-,
thews petitioned the town coun- i
yl to pledge the town to erect a \
H commodious and up-to-date {
<5urt house and jail in every I
B particular, without cost to the
B county." The council on receivB
ing this petition proceeded to
pass a resolution binding the j
town to do so. Several weeks ,
? passed and it was found that \
1^" such a promise did not satisfy i
[ the voters in our territory, and j
I it was orooosed and understood 1
[that certified checks to the'
amount of $20,000 would be put
up by the citizens as a guarantee
that the court house and jail'
would be furnished by the town.!
In lieu of this, by some means :
the following note form was1
substituted: "$100.00. On de- j
mand I promise to pay to T A
Amaker.treasurer Calhoun coun
tv organization, one hundred
dollars, value received, payable
at St Matthews; S C, for the
purpose of building a court
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Goods bought before the
K' Tl* No better made, Latest bi
[;; Peoples
1 & "f*?? $?????
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ipen all the summc
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We invite
||\ for the sales.
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\ '? to make room 1
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bins lor ^ ^
lachines.
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house and jail for the county of
Calhoun, provided the town of
St Matthews fails to build a
court house and jail. Should the
town of St Matthews build a:
courthouse and jail, this obli-j
gation is to become null and!
void."
1 do not believe, nor have I
heard a single note-giver express j
the belief that he is legally
bound to pay this note. We do
hold that moral obligation but
nothing more is involved, and
the longer payment is deferred
the weaker this obligation wUl
become, as I pointed out in my
article to which you refer.
I think if vou will refer the:
note to any good lawyer he will!
tell you in substance that there
are so many defects and loopholes,
to say nothing of the consideration,
that it could not he
collected in any court.
First of all, it is an agreement
without consideration. There is
no personal consideration to the
maker of this note on paper, or
whatever you may call it, and
therefore he would not be bound
on that ground.
In the second place, the pay- !
ment is made on condition that I
the town of St Matthews fails to!
build a court house and jail. |
Now, unfortunately, there is no
time specified in which the work
is to be done o* completed, and
of course if suit were brought
a complete answer would be
that the town Of St Matthews
has not failed to build a court
house and jail, but that she pur-!
posed doing so.
I believe I am safe in saying
that few. if any, who gave notes
ever dreamed at the time that.
they would be called upon for
payment. They were told it was
:i merH form, and that the town '
would go right forwaid and
erect court house and jail. After
the election, the note givers on j
investigation found that certain)
constitutional and legal requirements
would have to be met, in&?< }
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Having placed lar
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3ovs' Clothing, all sizes, were c
advance in price will sell at oh
:yles. Trunks, Suit Cases, Har
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SOXABLE PRICES.
i~J**"tlic farmers to co
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.ilso to coiiio and sec
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for Fall stock.
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volving, as it turns out, aJboutl
five years of delay.
The matter has been hanging '
about two years, and a few of J
us wish to pa>' pur notes, buildj
the court house and jail as we j
promised the people prior to the 1
election, and let the town reim*
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burse us wnen me legal anu
constitutional requirements arei
complied with and the bonds
voted. However,this did not suit
the majority of note givers, and
a meeting was held about two
weeks since, in which it was decided
that the commissioners
would not call for the collection
of notes until the expiration of
three years. The truth is, as
they well know, the notes are
not, and never qll be, collect-j
ible legally, an<b?t ey are onlyj
waitingand hopingtliat the town !
will bond, as I believe it ultimately
will do, and relieve them j
from moral obligation. If legally
collectible, why do the commissioners
not collect them and
build the court house and jail? j
I believe I made a liberal al- J
lowance when I stated that not)
more than eighteen thousand!
could now be collected on moral!
frrniinrlc hpratlCP r?f thp tnrf" of I
the changed financial condition I
I
of a number of note givers, and
of course as time passes, the
amount will decrease, because
more people fail than succeed in
life.
There is another point on
which it will be well to caution
your people. Our people were
promised a court bouse and jail (
by the town, without cost toj
them, and it seems to me the \
town ought by every consideration
of justice to pay the rental (
of hall for court purposes and.
otfice rent of county officials till;
the court house is built; but it
has failed to do so, and the
county has to foot the bill.
There is another point upon
which you might warn the zealous
new county promoters, and
that is on the cost of attorneys.
They would do well to have a
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ge orders for new Fall Goods t
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:heap before, closing out price
1 prices. Ladies' and Gents' S
id Bags, nice line. Will make
: line Pure Food Groceries. A
le Compa
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iarket Opened
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ners before, selli
mo in iiiid iiuike our s
s us after the sales, as
will be sold AT C
lick's Be
distinct understanding on this
point. Mr Welch represented us
here, and no agreement was
made as to amount of fee. Y'ou
ma v indye of the consternation
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created when a bill for $4,000
was rendered. After much urging
it was reduced to about
$2,700, as I remember, but several
of the most active new county
men have hardly recovered
their breath to this day. I think
this about covers all the questions
asked. If I can be of any |
further assistance to you,let me
know.
Yours very truly,
A K Smoke
HARPERS HAPPENINGS.
Negro Boy Killed by Log Train?Shoot
log Affray?Pleasant Social Function.
Harpers, August 9:?Another ne-i
gro was killed on the Marion branch )
of the G& W railroad last Saturday ;
by one of the log-train engines. Thej
boy was beating his way on the train
nod had been put off three times.'
The fourth time he attempted to:
jump from the moving train and in 1
some way became entangled and fell'
under the cars. Ilis head was severed i
from his body. This is the third!
negro killed here within ten days, all 1
caused by their own carelessness.
This last boy was raised in the town ;
of Harpers and was considered one j
of the worst negroes in the community'.
At the timehewas killed he had '
run away from his parents, who were
hunting'him daily.
Two young white men of the Rosemary
neighborhood,named Jones and
Downing, had a difficulty a few days |
ago. After the first trouble Downing
went home and got a double barreled
shot gun and when he met Jones he
emptied the contents of both barrels,
into Jones' body. Not being at close
range the wounds indicted are not |
considered serious. The young men
were good friends and neighbors.
A birthday party was given at the
home of Mr and Mrs L D Pipkin on
Ilailroad street in honor of their accomplished
daughter, Miss Mamie,
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>ummer Underwear big cut to
prices right.
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INTERESTING IF TRUE.
SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR PUBLIC
BUILDINGS? SHOW US.
We are reliably informed that a new county man,from near Lake
City, made the statement publicly here yesterday that on the day
before, (Tuesday) Mr J S McClam had told him that be (Mr McClarn)
and Dr A H Williams had put up $75,000 cash to build a
court house and jail for Rutledge county, in the event the said
county be formed.
Realizing1 the significance of this coup-de-tat, if true, we sent Dr
Williams the following telegram yesterday at 7 o'clock p. m:
To Dr A H Williams,
L.aKe city, o. o.
Keported here you and J S McClaro have deposited $75,000
cash to erect court house and jail for Rutledge county. Is this
true? Answer collect. The County Record.
At the time of going to press today (Thursday) for the last
side, 12 m, Dr Williams has made no reply. j ;
We take it that if the statement had been authentic. Dr Williams
would have been only too glad to have verified same and
we therefore take it for granted that the report is unfounded.
The name of party responsible for this report and persons who
heard the statement be made, may be obtained by applying at
this office.
on last Saturday afternoon. Thej FIRST BALE OF NEW CROP.
young people and older ones f.s well i
leport having spent a delightful af- Mr. LlltZ Of Barnwell R6P6dtS HiS Ffiflt
ternoon. Light refresnments were; Of Last Year,
served, consisting of cake, ice cream Barnwell, August 7:?South Curand
fruits of \arious kinds. rhe 0jjuu>g grgt bale of. 1909 crop was
following young gentlemen and la- sold in 1{arnwdl todav t0 Molair
dies were present: Misses Ossie Cam- and porter hy Mr K H Lutz> The
lin, Anna Flowers and Alma Swails;j ^aje we]g^8 455 pounds and grades
Messrs Charlie Brockintou, Glenme ; good mjjdiiDg
Camlin, Lester Blake and others. Mr Lutz go!d t0 Mo]air and por.
Subscriber. ter drgt ^aje 0[ cottou for 1908.
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TRAGIC DEATH AT VOX. Wagner & Co of Charleston.
Mr. Bascom Hanna Kills Himself with If y?u have rain3 in the back,weak
n. ? , . . , ,. i back or any other indication or a
3 Pistol Supposed to be Accident, weakened or disordered condition of
Vox, August 9:?A tragic death | kidneys or oladder, you should
occurred at Vox Sunday evening) Sft DeWitt'a Kidney and Bladder
, , ? , . , * TT . Pills right away when vou experiabout
8 o clock. Bascom Hanna, | ence t?e sign of kidney or
a son of Mr Sam Hanna, killed, bladder complaints" but be sure that
himself with a pistol atMrMor-j you get I)e Witt's Kidney and Bladgan
Ham Carter's in the presence <jer I'llls. v\ e know what they will
n i "i l a mi i l do for vou, if you will
of his daughter. The deed was' - ' ,, Jn <r n,
, . your name to r. C DcUitt & Co,
supposed to be accidental. He was; Chicago, you will receive a free trial
a promising young man about 22! box of thes** kidney amPjladderpills.
vpavs old. . G W I). ! They are sold h'-re by B C bcott.
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Big: stock Oxfords to close out at reduced prices. Dry y
avoid carrying over. Lin Brand Shirts and Collars? A
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